Ruthless hearts
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Anastasia was raised to obey, to be perfect, and to survive-but never to choose her own fate.Raised by a ruthless Russian Don, she believed she belonged to him, even as his cruelty left subtle scars on her body and heart.
Now, she is being forced into a marriage with Rafael Castellanos, second-in-command to a powerful mafia family-ruthless, dangerous, and completely unpredictable. Two weeks. That's all the time she has before her life will be claimed by a man she barely knows, in a world where loyalty is bought, and trust can be fatal.
Soft-hearted yet quietly resilient, Anastasia must navigate the treacherous world of mafia politics, manage her own secret business, and survive the demands of a marriage she never wanted. But as danger, desire, and betrayal swirl around her, she begins to realize that her greatest challenge might not be the mafia families-but the man she is supposed to hate...
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